Geometrical perspective on spin–lattice density-functional theory

Abstract

A recently developed viewpoint on the fundamentals of density-functional theory for finite interacting spin–lattice systems that centers around the notion of degeneracy regions is presented. It allows for an entirely geometrical description of the Hohenberg–Kohn theorem and v-representability. The phenomena receive exemplification by an Anderson impurity model and other small-lattice examples. The case of adiabatic change and the time-dependent setting are examined as well.